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Lead in the Water: Mapping gets a handle on disinfectant's danger

12-02-2006 · Science News Online

Researchers are investigating the link between lead-contaminated water and chloramine, a chemical disinfectant that is increasingly used in municipal water supplies.

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07-16-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
The first soil moisture maps with a spatial resolution of one km are available online for the entire southern African subcontinent. As soil moisture plays an important role in the global water cycle, these maps, based on data from ESA's Envisat satellite, will lead to better weather and extreme-event forecasting, such as floods and droughts.
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